NBA playoffs 2023: Top celebrations from the postseason - ESPN

The 2023 NBA postseason has already been full of surprises.

Somehow, the Los Angeles Lakers finished with the seventh-best record in the West after starting the season 2-10, and they earned a playoff spot via the play-in tournament. The Cleveland Cavaliers are in the postseason without LeBron James for the first time since 1997-98. The Sacramento Kings snapped the longest playoff drought in NBA history. And, perhaps most notably of all, the No. 8 seed Miami Heat easily downed the No. 1 seed Milwaukee Bucks and have reached the conference finals for the third time in four seasons.

Needless to say, some squads already have plenty to celebrate — and sometimes the festivities spill over onto the hardwood after a big play.

Here are some notable celebrations from the postseason.

Jimmy Butler

Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals saw Butler use a classic celebration directed towards former Defensive Player of the Year Grant Williams.

Butler hit the «too small» gesture after making a clutch bucket in the Miami Heat's 111-105 win over the Boston Celtics.

Jimmy hit the «too small» on Grant Williams